Autonomous platforms and biotagging data: new approaches for understanding variability and change across the Antarctic ocean/sea-ice climate system

Research Theme

Oceans & Cryosphere

Cross-disciplinary Theme(s)

Ocean-Earth System

Funded By

Australian Research CouncilFrom 2014 to 2019

Principal Investigator

Dr Guy Williams

Project Summary

This study aims to advance our ability to assess and monitor climate
change across the Antarctic ocean/sea-ice system. Ocean/sea-ice
interactions have a critical role in the global climate and there is an
urgent need to determine how these are responding to climate change. To
do this effectively, we
need to overcome gaps in existing observational datasets that currently
limit our understanding of spatiotemporal variability and change in the
ocean around Antarctica. This study will use two new observational
approaches, biotagging and autonomous platforms, to greatly improve our
capacity to model
and predict the impacts of climate change on the Antarctic ocean/sea ice
system and beyond.